Welcome to Alberta's Special Areas
Opportunity Lives Here
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OPPORTUNITY For Business
Invest
Special Areas wants your business. With affordable land, low-cost infrastructure, and rural high-speed internet, you have everything you need to find the opportunity that is right for you. Special Areas is centrally located, meaning a short drive to major Alberta cities including Calgary, Edmonton, and Red Deer.
Our economic development offices, business and technology specialists are here to provide you with resources, opportunities and business services.
Latest News
Business is happening in the Special Areas. We're excited to share our latest news.
development
Sheerness
Industrial Park
infrastructure
East-Central
Irrigation Expansion
infrastructure
Solar Power
Field Approved
OPPORTUNITY For Lifestyle
Live & Work
Living in a rural area can offer a truly unique and fulfilling lifestyle, characterized by a slower pace of life and a deep connection to family and community. Take a breath and enjoy the opportunity to grow and thrive in Special Areas. A rural lifestyle can offer rich and meaningful experiences that are often hard to come by in more urbanized areas. Reconnect with your roots, consider the benefits of the rural lifestyle.
Demographics
Covering over 5 million acres, Alberta’s Special Areas are in southeastern Alberta, with boundaries stretching from Dorothy in the west to the Saskatchewan border in the east. This vast region reaches up to Consort in the north, while the southern region extends south of the Red Deer River to the Suffield Base. Additionally, a section of the South Saskatchewan River frames the southeast corner of the Special Areas. The Special Areas is one of the largest rural municipalities in the Province of Alberta and provides services to 32 hamlets in the region.
92,448
Average Income
9,475
Population
32
Towns, Villages, & Hamlets
22,850
Square Kilometres
Hanna
Youngstown
Oyen
Empress
Cereal
Consort
Pollockville
Jenner
SPECIAL AREAS Designated Area
Rural Renewal Stream
The Special Areas is a designated areas with the Government of Alberta Rural Renewal Stream.
The Rural Renewal Stream supports the attraction and retention of newcomers to rural Alberta through a community-driven approach that supports local economic development needs and contributes to the growth of the community. The Rural Renewal Stream empowers rural communities to recruit and retain foreign nationals to live, work and settle in their communities.
Businesses
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Individuals
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OPPORTUNITY Adventure Awaits
Visit
Wide open spaces and starry nights through the plains of Alberta. Alberta’s Special Areas offers a glimpse back in time, semi-arid landscapes, family pleasures and authentic travel experiences. Whether you take the drive to get away from it, dip your feet in a lake or listen to stories of settlers, you’ll be welcomed and surprised by what you can find if you dig a little deeper.
Contact us
Looking for more information?
We are here to answer any question you may have. How can we help?
ecdev@specialareas.ab.ca